The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC), Dr Somaratne Dissanayake, says that he is resigning from his position with effect from August 03, due to personal reasons. He made this ...

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday (November 10, 2024) assured Tamils that their land —currently held by state agencies — will be returned by his government.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has announced plans to amend the PAYE tax and reduce taxes on several essential goods through the upcoming 2025 budget.Speaking on a political talk show on Sirasa TV ...

Two newly appointed Ambassadors to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday (07). The two new envoys, Mr Adel Ibrahim, ...

JAFFNA: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who addressed his first public meeting in Jaffna since coming to office in September, on Sunday took a firm stance against Indian fishermen ...

On September 21, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected Sri Lanka’s president, representing a massive shift in voter sentiment since 2019, when he had garnered just 3.16 percent of the vote.

Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling ...

File Photo: Acknowledging that his previous campaign in Tamil regions had fallen short, Dissanayake admitted his party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), had not done enough to connect with Tamil ...

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, which has sole authority to print currency in the island nation, told AFP it had not released banknotes featuring the image of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake shortly ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced plans to reduce electricity tariffs by over 30% in the near future. Speaking at a National People’s Power (NPP) public meeting in Dambulla today, he ...